Story added: 13th October 2014
Two squads of young people from CSF’s Kicks programme took a trip to the capital on Saturday to take part in the Premier League Kicks Cup.
Representing Norwich City, the two teams played fixtures against representative clubs from across the country at Hackney Marshes in East London.
Norwich City’s squads were made up of youngsters from Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, selected from attendees of the weekly Kicks sessions that take place at Lynn Grove High and Ormiston Venture Academy.
The two City teams failed to get past the tough groups they were drawn in, but both got to enjoy victories, with the boys picking up wins against West Brom and Southend United and the girls defeating Cardiff City.
Millwall were victorious in the girls category, whilst West Ham – whom Norwich City had beaten earlier in the year at Carrow Road – were the eventual winners in the U16 Boys tournament.
Aside from the football, the players got the opportunity to meet former England U21, Arsenal, Birmingham City & Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba as well as take part in workshops on drug awareness and sexual health.
Jack Garrod, CSF Social Engagement Officer, accompanied the squads to London: “All players represented the Kicks project, CSF and Norwich City perfectly – demonstrating fantastic sportsmanship on the pitch and a great attitude to other players, clubs and staff.”
“Though we were unlucky to go out in the group stages, everyone had a fantastic day.”
Each participant received a goodie bag with a new England Nike home shirt and football.
Aimed at increasing sports participation in deprived areas, the Premier League funded Kicks programme has already seen more than 100,000 young people get involved since it was first piloted in 2006.
To find out more about the CSF Kicks programme, click here.
U16 Boys Squad (George Parkin, Ethan Scott, Jake Western, Connor Ingram, Mitch Grimmer, Derry Rose, Sam Waite, Regan Devine)
Norwich City 1 – 2 Man City (Ingram)
Norwich City 1 – 0 West Brom (Ingram)
Norwich City 1 – 0 Southend Utd (Grimmer)
Norwich City 0 – 1 Portsmouth
Norwich City 0 – 1 Aston Villa
U18 Girls Squad (Sophie Miller, Caitlin Chilvers, Millie Daviss, Mary Croft, Kia Chedgrey, Hannah Croft, Jordan Bull)
Norwich City 0 – 1 Man City
Norwich City 2 – 1 Cardiff City (Croft, Daviss)
Norwich City 0 – 1 Wigan Athletic
Norwich City 0 – 1 Crystal Palace
Norwich City 2 – 3 Portsmouth (Croft, Daviss)
Photography courtesy of Daniel Hambury/Stella Pictures Ltd.
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